diff --git a/src/util/GLFont.cpp b/src/util/GLFont.cpp
index e3e7e5f..5acf124 100644
--- a/src/util/GLFont.cpp
+++ b/src/util/GLFont.cpp
@@ -633,12 +633,7 @@ void GLFont::drawString(const std::wstring& str, int pxHeight, float xpos, float
 void GLFont::drawString(const std::string& str, int pxHeight, float xpos, float ypos, Align hAlign, Align vAlign, int vpx, int vpy, bool cacheable) {
 
     //Displayed string is wstring, so use wxString to do the heavy lifting of converting  str...
-#ifdef WIN32
-    //try to reuse the memory with thread_local, unsupported on OSX ? 
-    static thread_local wxString wsTmp;
-#else
     wxString wsTmp;
-#endif
     
     wsTmp.assign(str);
 
diff --git a/src/visual/PrimaryGLContext.cpp b/src/visual/PrimaryGLContext.cpp
index 510aa79..72f0be5 100644
--- a/src/visual/PrimaryGLContext.cpp
+++ b/src/visual/PrimaryGLContext.cpp
@@ -359,12 +359,8 @@ void PrimaryGLContext::DrawDemod(DemodulatorInstance *demod, RGBA4f color, long
     GLFont::Align demodAlign = GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER;
 
     //Displayed string is wstring, so use wxString to do the heavy lifting of converting  getDemodulatorType()...
-#ifdef WIN32
-    //try to reuse the memory with thread_local, unsupported on OSX ? 
-    static thread_local wxString demodStr;
-#else
     wxString demodStr;
-#endif
+
     demodStr.assign(demod->getDemodulatorType());
 
     demodAlign = GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER;